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You use the ESH_IX_PROCESS_CHANGE_POINTERS report to schedule delta indexing for several or all search object connectors for a software component as a background job. You can schedule the report to run regularly.

The report checks whether or not business objects for applications have been changed and in the event of a change, triggers their delta indexing.

Alternatively, you can use the administration cockpit to specify delta indexing for a search object connector. However, you have to schedule each search object connector individually in this case.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the SAP NetWeaver system and call transaction SE38.

  2. Launch the ESH_IX_PROCESS_CHANGE_POINTERS report.

  3. Use the following parameters to specify the search object connectors and a schedule for the automatic execution of the report:

    Parameter

    Description

    Product

    Specify the software component for which you want to schedule delta indexing of the search object connectors.

    Object Types

    Specify the search object connectors for which you want to schedule delta indexing. You can select more than one.

    If you leave the entry field blank, the system includes all search object connectors.

    Systems

    Is currently not used for Embedded Search.

    Delay

    Specify the delay in seconds after which the report is run again and delta indexing is started again.

    If you enter 0, the report runs once only and then finished.

    Exit processing after

    Specify the time in hours after which the report is terminated. It makes sense to combine this parameter with the Reschedule automatically parameter, for example to receive log file for each calendar day.

    If you enter 0, the report runs continuously.

    Reschedule automatically

    Activate the parameter if the report is to be run again after the time that you specified in the Exit processing after parameter. With this configuration, you also receive new log files.

    Process in background

    Run the report in the background. This ensures that the current session is not blocked.

  4. Choose Execute to start the report.

Stopping the Report Prematurely

To end a report before the scheduled termination time, launch the ESH_ADM_PARAM table and insert an X in the Value field for the STOP_INDEXING parameter. Save the table. The report stops at the next scheduled execution (specified in the Delay parameter).

Monitoring the Running of the Report

By default, you can use transaction SM50 to monitor the running of the report.

Note Note

The report can run on every server of the SAP NetWeaver system. Therefore, you check which server the report is run on to find it in the report overview.

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